iPhone 6 Subjected to Bend Test, Proves More Durable Than iPhone 6 Plus

I think this is people trying to find something wrong with it. When you sell this many phones you are going to have some not work right. Any product that is mass produced will have a bad batch and will need to be returned. Some 6 cases might just be able to be bent more than others. They had a video posted of people trying to bend it and they could not with normal amount of pressure. Apple will replace any defective units and that will be that. Other phone users comment on anything positive about the 6 with and it bends etc. The only reason its blown this big is that its apple. Maybe apple should start making ads to show all the faults of other phones but then they would probably go bankrupt.
Also the video thats viral already had a slight bend and then he put thumbs on side with bend and not center of the plus. Also he quit pressure on other phones when the same force would of snapped them.
 
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gnipgnop said:
A realist would point out that the bending videos are not at all accurate to what could potentially happen in someone's front pocket.

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If you put the phone vertically into your pocket, then there are two opposing forces: the downward force of the top of the pocket and the upward force of the top of your leg. In the bending videos, the phone only bends if they either completely remove the opposing force from the bottom or limit it to an isolated point (like someone's thumb pressing upward on the bottom while their hands pull downward from the top). Neither of those two limitations are going to occur if the phone is against your leg vertically.
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You're assuming that everyone's pockets are deep enough to accommodate the full size of the phone that far down the leg. I'm not a very big guy (5'8" 160lbs), I have a 32 inch waist but wear 33 jeans with a belt because I have freakishly big legs. Right now I'm sitting at my desk and with my iPhone 5 in my pocket and I can feel where the top of the phone puts more pressure against my hip area. Sometimes when I sit I'll have to adjust my phone because the pressure is uncomfortable, but I've never bent a phone doing so.

If you can't imagine someone with a phone in their front pocket sitting in such a way that pressure isn't perfectly distributed to both front and back of the phone for the full length of the device then you simply aren't trying hard enough...
 
I like this video. It is done with equipment, using the same standards for each phone, and proves that they ALL bend. In fact, the Galaxy Note bends the most. The end results are that the 6+ doesn't bounce back as well - but that makes sense, because it isn't made of plastic.

Edit: I am not troubled by these results, because I know my phone won't ever go through nearly the same type of pressure that is exhibited in this video. If your phone will, then best to consider a different phone.
 
It's needs a scientific test with a break strength test. Not some backwards hat youtoober who probably last saw a gym in 10th grade.

I also think these phones need to be on and hot. As we know, metal becomes more malleable when heated.
 
I actually don't believe its happened.
I think the phone was bent on purpose and its PR was paid by competitors.
Someone had to stop the iPhone 6 momentum (maybe especially of plus model) just before launch of Note 4
 
kemal said:
Here's one: The aluminum used on the skin of your passenger jet is less expensive than the aluminum used to make the pop cans the attendents serve you. And yes, Apple is not using expensive 3104 pop can alloy. I suspect the root of the problem is the lack of proper heat treating. I'm a broken record on this.

The phone does not need support parallel to the back but rather transverse. Magnesium 1mm *thin* bonded to the inner sides of the aluminum would do it. It is also the material you want in your case designs. Please go build it.
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If you laid layers of soda can aluminum together to the thickness of an iphone 6 case it would still bend by hand. The aluminum used in handgun frames is soft and it's supposed to be top grade, heat treated aluminum. It's aluminum, it's soft. That's what aluminum is.

I'm talking about the current iphone without design change and the only practical way is a thin (as I said above) piece of steel in the back of the case. The steel would help the strength of the phone, check the 5c, and while magnesium would be good steel would help a lot. Bending the current phone would be significantly harder inside a case reinforced by a thin sheet of steel,it would definitely be much stronger than aluminum alone. I bet the 6 pus is easier to bend than if you took the sheet of reinforcement steel out the 5c and tried to bend it. Both together would make a difference.
 
antonis said:
Thank god there's the internet. Otherwise, how would we be able to know that aluminum bends easier than steel ? Who would have though it.
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That is not what bendgate is about.
If its so common to know that aluminium easily bends (which I also think it is), then why hasn't Apple found another way to make the iPhone as sturdy as a note 3?
They simply failed. But obviously many people cannot live with the fact that Apple sometimes is simply wrong in what they do.
 
What is wrong with people here? Totally in denial. Everyone keeps saying: DUH! It does not correspond to natural use. He bends the 6 Plus with his hands/fingers. NOW, ONE LAST TIME: PEOPLE AND THE GUY IN THE VIDEO CLEARLY SAYS EVERY TIME, THAT THE PHONE WAS BEND BEFORE THEY BEND IT FURTHER.

UNBELIEVEABLE. Get it! It is a design flaw no matter how much you are going to defend it. AND NO, the point of view that says there were also bendgates with the other iPhones does not apply here. It is clearly worse now because of a larger surface, a more soft construction which is thinner and with a massive weakpoint. IT IS CHILDHOOD PHYSICS LEARNING.
 
aloshka said:
Wasn't aware that withstanding this type of pressure is the norm and people expect all large devices to be reinforced to their lifestyle
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You wouldn't expect an $800 mobile phone to be built to withstand daily usage and transport in pockets?

I don't get it. Do you use a purse or fanny pack? How do you carry your phone around? In your hand?
 
StoneJack said:
I actually don't believe its happened.
I think the phone was bent on purpose and its PR was paid by competitors.
Someone had to stop the iPhone 6 momentum (maybe especially of plus model) just before launch of Note 4
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Exactly, just like they did saying the 8.0.1 update made new iPhones unable to connect to cell providers... :rolleyes:
 
More and more I think about, its clear its propaganda paid by Samsung.
They have to sell their NOte 4 and they are afraid of iphone 6. note that the falsification targets only Plus, not iPhone 6. Note 4, the main competitor for iPhone 6 Plus, launches in few days and it has outdated 32 bit OS, stale old looks, bad camera and plastic stylus. Going to crush so they have to do something with competition.
 
StoneJack said:
I actually don't believe its happened.
I think the phone was bent on purpose and its PR was paid by competitors.
Someone had to stop the iPhone 6 momentum (maybe especially of plus model) just before launch of Note 4
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Oh please... the paranoia is hilarious. :rolleyes:

Take a thin piece of aluminum, bend it, and see what happens... guess what, it bends and stays bent.

Nobody is faking anything, this is just a limitation of material. It's a trade off for sleak design.

Accept it, Apple aint perfect. NOBODY IS.

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StoneJack said:
More and more I think about, its clear its propaganda paid by Samsung.
They have to sell their NOte 4 and they are afraid of iphone 6. note that the falsification targets only Plus, not iPhone 6. Note 4 launches in few days.
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Again... give it a rest. Go outside, take a breath of deep air.

Samsung sells a LOT of phones, they're not worried about anything.
 
anomie said:
That is not what bendgate is about.
If its so common to know that aluminium easily bends (which I also think it is), then why hasn't Apple found another way to make the iPhone as sturdy as a note 3?
They simply failed. But obviously many people cannot live with the fact that Apple sometimes is simply wrong in what they do.
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In the video posted above the Plus bends less than the Note 3.


Apple uses aluminum because it makes for a nice feeling and looking material on electronics. Obviously not as good as plastic at returning to its original shape. But it is what it is, and I'd rather take my chances with an aluminum phone than a plastic one. I treat my stuff well, and don't see myself bending my iPhone 6.
 
isoft7 said:
Oh please... the paranoia is hilarious. :rolleyes:

Take a thin piece of aluminum, bend it, and see what happens... guess what, it bends and stays bent.

Nobody is faking anything, this is just a limitation of material. It's a trade off for sleak design.

Accept it, Apple aint perfect. NOBODY IS.

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Again... give it a rest. Go outside, take a breath of deep air.

Samsung sells a LOT of phones, they're not worried about anything.
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If you think its accidental, give me exact evidence of how it happened, how the story was prepared for feed to press; how the journalist FOUND about 1 bent phone; why without ANY proof simultaneously many news sites are INSISTING that the phone was broken WITHOUT any documented proof and that ALL plus models BEND? Who paid for headlines? Who paid for story placement? the news dissemination? It costs a lot, you know.
 
iceperson said:
You're assuming that everyone's pockets are deep enough to accommodate the full size of the phone that far down the leg. I'm not a very big guy (5'8" 160lbs), I have a 32 inch waist but wear 33 jeans with a belt because I have freakishly big legs. Right now I'm sitting at my desk and with my iPhone 5 in my pocket and I can feel where the top of the phone puts more pressure against my hip area. Sometimes when I sit I'll have to adjust my phone because the pressure is uncomfortable, but I've never bent a phone doing so.

If you can't imagine someone with a phone in their front pocket sitting in such a way that pressure isn't perfectly distributed to both front and back of the phone for the full length of the device then you simply aren't trying hard enough...
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May I recommend a smaller phone that does not dig into your thigh.
 
StoneJack said:
If you think its accidental, give me exact evidence of how it happened, how the story was prepared for feed to press; how the journalist FOUND about 1 bent phone; why without ANY proof simultaneously many news sites are INSISTING that the phone was broken WITHOUT any documented proof and that ALL plus models BEND? Who paid for headlines? Who paid for story placement? the news dissemination? It costs a lot, you know.
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I believe it was originally reported here in the forums...
 
iceperson said:
I believe it was originally reported here in the forums...
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I am not asking about what you believe,
I want to know exact steps of how the story was prepared for feed to press; how the journalist FOUND about 1 bent phone and who was the journalist?; why without ANY proof simultaneously many news sites are INSISTING that the phone was broken WITHOUT any documented proof? why the insistence that ALL plus models BEND? Who paid for headlines? Who paid for story placement? the news dissemination? What was the original news site to spread the falsification? Did it have Samsung sponsorship or Google sponsorship deals? What were the ad placement deals on that website?
 
StoneJack said:
I am not asking about what you believe,
I want to know exact steps of how the story was prepared for feed to press; how the journalist FOUND about 1 bent phone and who was the journalist?; why without ANY proof simultaneously many news sites are INSISTING that the phone was broken WITHOUT any documented proof? why the insistence that ALL plus models BEND? Who paid for headlines? Who paid for story placement? the news dissemination? What was the original news site to spread the falsification? Did it have Samsung sponsorship or Google sponsorship deals? What were the ad placement deals on that website?
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Sorry. I thought you wanted a reasonable discussion. Don't look now though, but your stupid is showing...
 
bnmcj1 said:
Face it. The iPhone 6 Plus has a design flaw and no one in their right mind would buy it well knowing that.

Gonne "CWY" about it? Gonna CWY?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIcEEA6zrmA
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Not gonna do it blindly. And we even don't know how the original phone was bent, in what conditions and by which force. I think that you as Samsung salesman, joined one month ago, would happily note that "no one would buy it". This is the real goal of the campaign, right?

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iceperson said:
Sorry. I thought you wanted a reasonable discussion. Don't look now though, but your stupid is showing...
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Oh yes, I am questioning about trustworthness of the news, I must be stupid. Why you, joined few months ago, would care so much about my stupidity? Yes, I would like to know how the story originated. So I am stupid to do it but I will be wise not to buy iPhone because I should blindly believe someone's ******? Bad work, Samsung *****
 
babaroga73 said:
Allright, I may have had gone overboard with this , but as a construction engineer, I can't help but noticing that the architect would always go for a building that has no support beams , have glass walls and hopefully would hang in the mid air supported by pure faith. If it's a engineers fault, it's because they've should told Ive that it's too thin or material wouldn't withstand pressure. It's alluminium , for christsakes... They should've gone with same thickness of iP5, murder everyone with battery longetivity, and forget about weight...
That's one thing, another one is that it's just a few instances in 2 million phones already in hands ...
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I'd bet good money that a few engineers had it out with Ive, but he's top dog now so they can either either suck it or leave.
 
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